A 42-year-old teacher with an M.Phil degree was sentenced to six years’ rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of `1 lakh by a Delhi court for inflicting severe physical abuse on her 17-year-old domestic help leading to the girl’s death in March 2007.

Raj Bala, the victim of the pre-dawn melee at the Ramlila Grounds on Sunday who received spinal injuries, is still critical at the G.B. Pant hospital in the capital. Raj Bala, 51, is one of the 71 people injured in the pre-dawn eviction at the Ramlila Grounds, where yoga guru Ramdev was holding his indefinite hungerstrike.

The Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly. Prof. V.K. Malhotra on Monday criticised “indifferent” approach of Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and her Cabinet for not visiting the injured of the Ramlila Ground, who are being treated in the city hospitals.

Advocates practising in various lower courts in Delhi will go on strike on June 8 to protest against the pre-dawn police crackdown on Sunday to evict Baba Ramdev and his followers from the Ramlila Grounds and also to protest against the malady of corruption in society.

After being served a notice by the Supreme Court for forcefully evicting Baba Ramdev and his supporters in the early hours of morning when they were asleep, the Delhi police is asking various TV news channels for footage to save themselves from the wrath of the law.

There was no relief for sacked Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi with a special CBI court on Monday dismissing his bail plea saying that “allegations against him were of serious in nature”.

With the controversial Aircel-Maxis deal involving Union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran getting murkier with each passing day, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday clarified that the matter was being probed by law enforcement agencies and that they should have the freedom to work without fear or favour.

Shri Vishwesha Teertha Swamiji of Udupi and Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji of Sri Suttur Mutt could be set to play mediators in the face-off between yoga guru Baba Ramdev and the UPA-led government at the Centre. The two swamijis will be in Delhi on Tuesday to negotiate between the two sides.

As news of more than 360 followers of Baba Ramdev being stranded in New Delhi after police action has started reaching to their respective areas, anger has started growing among the people of the respective areas and villages.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, mounted a blistering attack on the Congress-led UPA government and accused it of step-motherly treatment with non-Congress ruled state.